nation : Idioms & Phrases

• adverb extending throughout an entire nation
  nationally; nationwide; across the country.
  
  • nationally advertised
  • it was broadcast nationwide

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• noun any one of the countries occupying the African continent
  African country.
  

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• noun any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent
  Asian country.
  

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• noun an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism
  ASEAN.
  

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• noun any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula
  Balkan country; Balkan state.
  

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• noun United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
  Carry Amelia Moore Nation; Nation.
  

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• noun United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
  Carry Amelia Moore Nation; Nation.
  

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• noun any one of the countries occupying Central America; these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments
  Central American country.
  

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• noun courteous respect by one nation for the laws and institutions of another
  

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• (International Law), the courtesy by which nations recognize within their own territory, or in their courts, the peculiar institutions of another nation or the rights and privileges acquired by its citizens in their own land. By some authorities private international law rests on this comity, but the better opinion is that it is part of the common law of the land, and hence is obligatory as law.

Webster 1913

• noun an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown
  British Commonwealth.
  

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• noun any one of the countries occupying the European continent
  European country.
  

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• noun a league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations); after 1722 they were joined by the Tuscarora (the Six Nations)
  Iroquois League; Five Nations; League of Iroquois.
  

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• (Ethnol.), a confederacy of the Huron-Iroquois Indians, consisting of five tribes: Mohawks, Onondagas, Cayugas, Oneidas, and Senecas. They inhabited the region which is now the State of new York.

Webster 1913

• noun the United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture
  FAO; Food and Agriculture Organization.
  

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• noun the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan
  Muslim Ummah; Islamic Ummah; Umma; Ummah.
  
  • moderate Muslims urge the Ummah to reject the terrorism of radical Muslims

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• noun the body of laws governing relations between nations
  international law.
  

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• . See International law, under International.
• . See International law, under International, and Law.

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• noun an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations; although suggested by Woodrow Wilson, the United States never joined and it remained powerless; it was dissolved in 1946 after the United Nations was formed
  

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• nations having seaports, and using the sea more or less for war or commerce.

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• adjective of or relating to a commercial treaty where two nations agree to accord each other the same favorable terms that would be offered in treaties with any other nation
  

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• noun a group of militant Black Americans who profess Islamic religious beliefs and advocate independence for Black Americans
  

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• noun any country on the North American continent
  North American country.
  

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• noun a state that does not respect other states in its international actions
  renegade state; rogue state.
  

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• noun any one of the countries occupying Scandinavia
  Scandinavian country.
  

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• noun a league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations); after 1722 they were joined by the Tuscarora (the Six Nations)
  Iroquois League; Five Nations; League of Iroquois.
  

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• noun any one of the countries occupying the South American continent
  South American country.
  

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• noun an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
  UN.
  

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• noun an agency of the United Nations
  UN agency.
  

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• noun an agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries
  United Nations Children's Fund; UNICEF.
  

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• noun the United Nations office responsible for crime prevention and criminal justice and law reform
  Centre for International Crime Prevention.
  

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• noun a day for celebrating the founding of the United Nations
  October 24.
  

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• noun an agency of the United Nations that promotes education and communication and the arts
  UNESCO.
  

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• noun an agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries
  United Nations Children's Fund; UNICEF.
  

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• noun an agency of the United Nations that promotes drug control and crime prevention
  DCCP.
  

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• noun the administrative arm of the United Nations
  

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